Fatal Encryption (Kindle Edition)

by Debra Purdy Kong (Author)

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Review
FATAL ENCRYPTION is a corporate caper with plenty of twists and turns, and an assortment of appealing characters to keep you guessing. Debra Purdy Kong's newest novel offers a well-plotted mystery reminiscent of the classic whodunits. A great beach read! --Cheryl Kaye Tardif, bestselling author

Product Description
Dressed as Kermit the Frog on Halloween night, unemployed Alex Bellamy wonders where his life went wrong. It could be worse. A few miles away, Zachary Ternoway is stabbed at his front door. In need of cash, Alex agrees to help catch a computer prankster at McKinleys’ Department Store. But things turn serious when someone vows to permanently encrypt the store’s data and torch the building unless ten million dollars is handed over in two weeks. Alex knows there’s a connection between the murder and the extortion threat, yet time’s running out. People are questioning his competency, and a killer’s threatening his life.

Debra Purdy Kong reprises her lead character, Alex Bellamy, in her book Fatal Encryption. This book begins with a murder and Alex in a frog costume. Alex takes a job at McKinleys' Department Stores as a system analyst. Someone is threatening to encrypt their system permanently. Alex delights in a challenge, but is he up to this one? Debra Purdy Kong writes with a flair for technology. Fatal Encryption has a timely plot. The thought of Alex in a frog costume brings humor and depth to his character. This is an entertaining read. Mystery readers will love it. -- Debra Gaynor, ReviewYourBook.com

Fatal Encryption is a corporate caper with plenty of twists and turns, and an assortment of appealing characters to keep you guessing. Debra Purdy Kong’s newest novel offers a well-plotted mystery reminiscent of the classic whodunits. A great beach read! -– Cheryl Kaye Tardif, bestselling author

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 360 KB
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
• Publisher: Bristlecone Pine Press; 1st edition (September 3, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001FB4W8O
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #152,787 in Kindle Store (See Bestsellers in Kindle Store)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A corporate caper with plenty of twists and turns, June 24, 2008

By	Cheryl Tardif "bestselling suspense author" (Edmonton, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fatal Encryption (Alex Bellamy) (Perfect Paperback)

Fatal Encryption is a corporate caper with plenty of twists and turns, and an assortment of appealing characters that will keep you guessing.

Debra Purdy-Kong's newest novel offers a well-plotted modern day mystery that is reminiscent of the classic whodunnits, and her amateur sleuth Alex Bellamy makes for an interesting, yet flawed, hero.

A great beach read!"

--Cheryl Kaye Tardif,
Author of Divine Intervention

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Statisfying Murder Mystery!, December 14, 2008

By	Todd A. Fonseca (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fatal Encryption (Alex Bellamy) (Perfect Paperback)

Halloween--Port Moody, British Columbia: Unable to join the trick-or-treating fun due to the chicken pox, one young suburban girl is the sole witness to a costumed reveler responsible for brutal premeditated murder. Nearby, the wife of the victim's brother storms home from a party and finds the body. But why was he killed? What did he know?

Alex Bellamy a young computer geek in need of work takes a contract job to solve recent network and computer glitches at his girlfriend's company. He soon learns that the glitches are more than just pranks. In fact, all of the computers vital records are encrypted by an extortionist threatening to destroy all of the records or pay ten million dollars to save the company. Soon Bellamy is engulfed in a whirlwind of corporate greed and believes that not only is the company at risk but lives as well; the suburban murder and the young girls knowledge is the key to unlocking the conspirators' identity. In his zeal to debug the company's computer system and solve the murder, Bellamy finds his as well as his friends and families lives are in danger.

Debra Purdy Kong's book "Fatal Encryption" is an entertaining mystery full of back room corporate deals, family squabbles and power plays, secret affairs, and murder. I enjoyed this novel. Kong creates multiple plausible suspects throughout the story leaving the reader guessing all the way until the end. I was also surprised by how bold and brave Alex Bellamy was throughout the book. He frequently questioned potential suspects telling them how he believed they committed various crimes which if true would have put him in grave danger as in most situations he was alone with these potential killers.

Reminiscent of "Murder She Wrote", "Fatal Encryption" features an everyday guy with good observational and deductive skills who solves a crime. Kong has created an interested character and I look forward to the next Alex Bellamy mystery.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A riveting mystery, July 11, 2008

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fatal Encryption (Alex Bellamy) (Perfect Paperback)

Held hostage for ten million dollars - only Alex Bellamy can save the company from giving into the demands and going bankrupt. "Fatal Encryption" is the story of a sudden murder and its strange link to McKinley's department store in which Alex agreed to assist, believing that the murder and the ransom plot against the store's computer information are connected somehow. He must find the connection, the killer, and the extortionist or face unemployment, among other unpleasantness. A riveting mystery, "Fatal Encryption" is highly recommended for community library mystery collections.